Phenotypic Differences Estimation between the Sexes of the Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Breed

Authors

  • Dorel Dronca University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania
  • Ioan Peț University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania
  • Gabi Dumitrescu University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania
  • Lavinia Ștef University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania
  • Liliana Ciochina-Petculescu University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania
  • Silvia Pătruică University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania
  • Eliza Simiz University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania
  • Mihaela Ivancia University of Life Sciences”Ion Ionescu de la Brad” from Iași, 3, Mihail Sadoveanu Alley, Iaşi – 700490, Romania
  • Marius Maftei University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, Romania, 59 Marasti Avenue, District 1, Bucharest – 011464, Romania
  • Mărioara Nicula-Neagu University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania
  • Adela Marcu University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania
  • Florica Morariu University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania
  • Silvia Erina University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania
  • Igori Balta University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania
  • Mirela Ahmadi University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara”, Calea Aradului nr.119, Timisoara – 300645, Romania

Keywords:

phenotypic differences, sexual dimorphism, Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog, males, females, body measurements

Abstract

Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog was selected from a natural population breed of the Romanian Carpathian Mountains. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the phenotypic differences between the sexes in a population of 26 males and 23 females of the Mioritic Shepherd Dog breed, for 9 body measurements: height at elbow, height at hock, head length, skull length, skull width, muzzle length, muzzle width, muzzle depth and muzzle perimeter. Following the study on the significance of statistical differences between body measurements recorded in the evaluated population, it was concluded that males from the people of the Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog studied in this paper showed superior and significant values for height at the elbow (p<0.05), height at hock (p<0.05), head length (p<0.01), muzzle length (p<0.05). It should be noted that the evaluated females showed superior values compared to males, but insignificant (p>0.05), for muzzle width and muzzle depth. We recommend to dog breeders specialists consider the genetic improvement programs, and also our results presented in this paper.

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* * * Regulations for selection in order to grant the breeding right for the dogs belonging to Romanian breeds.

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Published

2023-11-01

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 2 (2023): Scientific Papers: Animal Science and Biotechnologies

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Genetics

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